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Ex-Marine from Pa. revises Murtha defamation suit [Fight for justice goes on]
The Associated Press ^
| Apr. 15, 2009
| JOE MANDAK
Posted on 04/15/2009 4:40:39 PM PDT by RedRover
PITTSBURGH - U.S. Rep. John Murtha shouldn't be immune from a defamation lawsuit for saying Marines killed Iraqi women and children "in cold blood," because the lawmaker's comments came outside the scope of his official duties, a former Marine's attorney said.
The attorney, Noah Geary, on Wednesday filed an amended federal defamation lawsuit on behalf of Justin Sharratt, 24, a former lance corporal from Canonsburg. The new complaint, which adds 13 paragraphs to a lawsuit originally filed in September, was prompted by the dismissal of a similar suit against Murtha by Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 111th; haditha; lawsuit; marines; murtha; sharratt
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To: smoothsailing
Good for them. Maybe one of them read this thread yesterday. :-)
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posted on
04/16/2009 3:33:48 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
To: freedumb2003
LOL! I called them an hour ago!
To: Vigilanteman
Second of all, even if they were made as a part of his genuine duties, the accusations were so reckless and over the top, this defense would not stand. Recall exactly the same defense being made in the Nuremberg Trials and said defense being dismissed because the actions of the accused were so far beyond the standards of normal, civilized behavior that the worst of the lot were hanged anyway.Under the U.S. Constitution, Article I, section 6, "for any Speech or Debate in either House, they [Senators and Representatives] shall not be questioned in any other Place."
To: Lurking Libertarian
Under the U.S. Constitution, Article I, section 6, "for any Speech or Debate in either House, they [Senators and Representatives] shall not be questioned in any other Place."That's the nub of it. Murtha did not make his defamatory remarks on the House floor. If he had, what he said would have been clearly within the immunity provision of the Speech and Debate clause.
To: smoothsailing
I guess they knew you’d be picking up on it and they figured to get it right the first time, eh? : )
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posted on
04/16/2009 6:26:35 PM PDT
by
freema
(MarineNiece,Daughter,Wife,Friend,Sister,Friend,Aunt,Friend,Mother,Friend,Cousin, FRiend)
To: freema
It took me a few calls, but now I've got them trained! ;-)
To: RedRover; freema
Hope they can nail fat boys ass to the ground on this one.
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posted on
04/17/2009 11:22:44 AM PDT
by
Marine_Uncle
(I still believe Duncan Hunter would have been the best solution... during this interim in time....)
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